Songs from the Film

Songs from the Film
Studio album by Tommy Keene
Released 1986
Genre Power pop, rock
Label Geffen
Producer Geoff Emerick
Tommy Keene chronology

Strange Alliance
(1981)
Songs from the Film
(1986)
Based on Happy Times
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (6/10)[2]
Rolling Stone (positive)[3]

Songs from the Film is Tommy Keene's second full-length album and his major label debut. Originally released on LP and cassette in 1986 (Geffen Records, catalog #GHS 24090), it wasn't available on CD until 1998.

The album hit #148 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted

  1. "Places That Are Gone" – 2:53
  2. "In Our Lives" – 2:59
  3. "Listen to Me" – 3:52
  4. "Paper Words and Lies" – 2:23
  5. "Gold Town" – 2:57
  6. "Kill Your Sons" – 5:02 (Lou Reed)
    • Originally recorded by Lou Reed, 1974
  7. "Call on Me" – 3:04
  8. "As Life Goes By" – 2:23
  9. "My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe" – 3:19
  10. "Underworld" – 5:00
  11. "Astronomy" – 1:28
  12. "The Story Ends" – 3:48

Bonus tracks on the 1998 CD version

  1. "Take Back Your Letters" – 4:24
    • Previously unreleased; Songs from the Film outtake
  2. "Run Now" – 4:42
    • Originally released on the Run Now EP (Geffen, 1986)
  3. "Away from It All" – 2:54
    • From Run Now
  4. "I Don't Feel Right at All" – 3:42
    • From Run Now
  5. "Back Again" – 4:03
    • From Run Now
  6. "They're in Their Own World" – 3:45
    • From Run Now
  7. "We're Two" – 3:20
    • Previously unreleased; recorded in 1984
  8. "Faith in Love" (full band version) – 3:15
    • Previously unreleased; recorded in 1984
  9. "Teenage Head" – 3:44 (Roy Loney, Cyril Jordan)
    • Originally recorded by Flamin' Groovies, 1971
    • Previously unreleased; recorded live-in-the-studio

note: On the CD, "Take Back Your Letters" appears between "Underworld" and "Astronomy"; the remainder of the bonus tracks follow "The Story Ends").

Personnel

The band

Production

Additional credits

Alternate versions

In 1998, Geffen released Songs from the Film on CD (catalog #GEFD-25225) with nine bonus tracks.

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